Job Description

Job Location: Denver Christian - Lakewood, CO 80235
Salary Range: $25.00 - $30.00 Hourly

Job Title: Piano Accompanist for MS and HS choirs
Level: Experienced
Reports To: Performing Arts Director
Hourly

: $25-30 an hour, based on experience
FTE: 13-15 hours a week, more during concert season (1-6 hours a day, Start time 9:00-2:30 but varies each day)
General Description:
In partnership with the middle school and high school choir director, the accompanist will work closely to help students achieve their best choral experience through character development and musicality. They will assist with warm-ups, rehearsal parts, and accompaniments of all choral pieces. The role of a piano accompanist is multifaceted, requiring a blend of musical talent and interpersonal skills. Here are the key responsibilities and qualifications for a piano accompanist:
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Disciple students in a Christ-centered environment
- Providing Musical Support: Accompanists play the piano to support other performers, ensuring a balanced and harmonious performance.
- Rehearsing and Preparing: They practice with the performers to refine their music, learning the score, understanding dynamics, and working on tempo, phrasing, and expression.
- Sight-Reading and Improvising: Accompanists are skilled at reading music they've never seen before and can improvise or add small musical touches to enhance the performance.
- Collaborating and Communicating: They work closely with musicians, conductors, and singers, following cues and adjusting to changes in tempo or dynamics.
- Adapting to Different Contexts: Accompanists work in various settings, including concerts, rehearsals, auditions, or studios, and need to be flexible and comfortable in different environments.
- Professionalism and Etiquette: Being punctual, prepared, and respectful is essential. Accompanists must be reliable and focused on supporting the main performers.
- Ensures that students are supervised at all times
- Performs duties as directed by supervisors and administrators
- Attends all middle school and high school performances (and elementary if needed and available).
- School Trips-May be asked to accompany/chaperone school trips and festivals each year.
- Works collaboratively with the performing arts team
- Works effectively with students, staff, parents, administrators, and community members in a professional manner
MISSION VALUES & ALIGNMENT
- All employees are expected to support the school’s Christian mission and model professionalism consistent with community standards. Participation in school events, devotionals, and staff culture-building practices is expected.
- Denver Christian is committed to cultivating a world-class staff culture grounded in our call to love God and love our neighbors (Mark 12:30–31). All employees are expected to model our core values in their daily work and interactions:
- - Solution-Oriented – We support one another by approaching challenges with a constructive mindset and using the gifts and abilities God has given us to contribute meaningfully.
- - Relationally-Focused – We recognize that the success and well-being of our colleagues matter as much as our own, and we invest in relationships that strengthen our community.
- - Creatively-Inspired – We seek God’s wisdom and pursue fresh ideas, improved processes, and innovative solutions whenever opportunities arise.
- - Effort-Enthused – We seek to honor God through diligent, wholehearted work, showing integrity and enthusiasm in all tasks and responsibilities across the school.
BENEFITS
- Retirement Savings Account with DC contribution
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Continuation of Coverage Under Group Health and Dental Plans (COBRA)
- Life Insurance
- Paid family leave under Colorado FAMLI Leave
- Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance
- Supplemental Insurance Offering
ADDITIONAL PERKS
- A collaborative, invigorating environment that supports professional and personal growth
- Paid professional development, including continuing education opportunities
- Discounts for the children of faculty and staff:
- - Tuition discount
- - Enrollment fee discount
- - Inclusion discount
- - Accommodation discount
- - Free childcare in Thunder Club during  professional development/in-service meetings and early-release Fridays.
- - Free registration for Thunder Club
- - Free bus service, if space is available
- - Discount for clubs and camps leaders, when working
- One free lunch entree when school is in session
- Discounts at Thunder Grounds Cafe and Surge Cafe
ABOUT DENVER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
Denver Christian School is an independent, PreK-12 Christian school dedicated to serving students from Christian families across the Denver metro area, including those in early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school. Located on our beautiful Lakewood, CO campus, we have been a cornerstone of Christian education in our city for over a century.
Partnering with parents and churches, we guide students to flourish in their relationship with Christ. While their journey begins with their families’ faith commitment, our professional faculty walk alongside them, nurturing growth as students own and integrate their faith and learning into their lives.
At Denver Christian, we are committed to developing the whole child. Our core curriculum goes beyond academics, encompassing athletics, arts, and extracurricular activities that engage the mind, body, and heart. Through these rich experiences, we aim to uncover and nurture the God-given gifts and talents within each student.
EMPLOYMENT POLICY
Denver Christian School is a bona fide religious educational institution. As permitted by federal law (Title VII) and Colorado law (CADA), the school considers faith, religious alignment, and adherence to our mission as bona fide occupational qualifications for certain positions.
Except where religious preference is legally allowed, we provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
All employees are expected to support and uphold the school’s Christian mission, values, and community standards
Our school makes reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. An applicant who does not meet the minimum qualifications of the position(s) for which the applicant applies will not be considered for employment.

Qualifications
- Exhibits music literacy at the collegiate level
- Execute multiple parts at one time
- Flexibility with scheduling
- Timely communication and organization
- Come to rehearsals prepared